Post by coheasion on Oct 23, 2017 7:55:28 GMT -5
Weather - beautiful - mid 40's to high 70's mostly clear skies
WT - 68-72
Got to the lake late Friday evening and went on a quick hunt for bait. I was searching for good size alewives as the reports I had heard said the fish havent been hitting gizzards too much. The cove just up-lake from me had a light on and 2 throws later I had 3 dozen 6 to 8 inch alewives and 2 dollar bills in the tank for the morning.
Went to a nearby creek in the morning and put out a spread with one of my dollar bills and the remainder with ales. Caught 2 fish within the first 30 minutes - one 27" and one 28". Had one other bite after that and then the bite completely died off. Fished the area for a few more hours until about noon and went in for lunch and headed back out about 1:30. I went in search of some bigger schools and went and graphed about every creek on the Blackwater without seeing much of anything other than bait. Made it to the dam and then into Craddock and still couldn't mark any schools.
Headed back to the BW about 4:30 and put one more 28" striper into the boat off a main channel point just before dark and called it a day.
Sunday - more of the same - caught 2 more fish in the same creek as the previous morning and then it died down completely. I was able to put one more 28" fish in the boat on a different point just before lunch and called it a day.
All fish were caught on those jumbo alewives - I had a dollar bill or 2 out during most of this time and they never got a sniff.
Oh - also caught a 3 pound bass, a 4 pound flathead and a half dozen or so eating size crappie in my cast net throwing on those lights.
WT - 68-72
Got to the lake late Friday evening and went on a quick hunt for bait. I was searching for good size alewives as the reports I had heard said the fish havent been hitting gizzards too much. The cove just up-lake from me had a light on and 2 throws later I had 3 dozen 6 to 8 inch alewives and 2 dollar bills in the tank for the morning.
Went to a nearby creek in the morning and put out a spread with one of my dollar bills and the remainder with ales. Caught 2 fish within the first 30 minutes - one 27" and one 28". Had one other bite after that and then the bite completely died off. Fished the area for a few more hours until about noon and went in for lunch and headed back out about 1:30. I went in search of some bigger schools and went and graphed about every creek on the Blackwater without seeing much of anything other than bait. Made it to the dam and then into Craddock and still couldn't mark any schools.
Headed back to the BW about 4:30 and put one more 28" striper into the boat off a main channel point just before dark and called it a day.
Sunday - more of the same - caught 2 more fish in the same creek as the previous morning and then it died down completely. I was able to put one more 28" fish in the boat on a different point just before lunch and called it a day.
All fish were caught on those jumbo alewives - I had a dollar bill or 2 out during most of this time and they never got a sniff.
Oh - also caught a 3 pound bass, a 4 pound flathead and a half dozen or so eating size crappie in my cast net throwing on those lights.
